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The 182nd New York Infantry Regiment was an
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Service

The 182nd New York Infantry was organized at
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in November 1862 and mustered in under the command of
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Mathew Murphy. Man of the men who enlisted were serving in the 69th New York State Militia. The regiment was attached to Newport News, Virginia,
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, to December 1862. Corcoran's Brigade, Division at Suffolk,
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, Department of Virginia, to April 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, VII Corps, to July 1863. Corcoran's Brigade, King's Division, XXII Corps,
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, to November 1863. 1st Brigade, Corcoran's Division, XXII Corps, to December 1863. 2nd Brigade, Tyler's Division, XXII Corps, to May 1864. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division,
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, to June 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, II Corps, to July 1865. The 182nd New York Infantry mustered out of service July 15, 1865.


Detailed service

Left New York for
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, November 10, 1862. Duty at Newport News, Va., until December 1862, and at Suffolk until May 1863. Action at Deserted House, Va., January 30, 1863. Siege of Suffolk April 12-May 4. Attack on Suffolk April 24. Nansemond River May 3. Siege of Suffolk raised May 4. Operations on Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad May 12–26. Holland House, Carrsville, May 15–16. Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 24-July 7. Moved to Washington, D.C., July 12, and duty in and about the defenses of that city and guard duty along Orange & Alexandria Railroad until May 1864. Ordered to join the Army of the Potomac in the field May 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 17-June 15. Spotsylvania Court House May 17–21. North Anna River May 28-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26–28. Totopotomoy May 28–31. Cold Harbor June 1–12. Before Petersburg June 16–18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22–23, 1864. Demonstration north of the James July 27–29. Deep Bottom July 27–28. Demonstration north of the James August 13–20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14–18. Ream's Station August 25. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27–28. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5–7, 1865. Watkins' House March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Boydton and White Oak Road March 29–31. Crow's House March 31. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3–9. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge, Farmville, April 7. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. At Burkesville until May 2. March to Washington, D.C., May 2–12.
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May 23. Duty at Washington until July.


Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 126 men during service; 8 officers and 65 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 53 enlisted men died of disease.


Commanders

* Colonel Mathew Murphy - mortally wounded in action at Hatcher's Run; died April 16, 1865 *
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Thomas M. Reid - commanded during the Siege of Suffolk


See also

*
List of New York Civil War regiments The following units served the Union Army during the American Civil War. Infantry Militia infantry Cavalry Artillery 1st New York Light Artillery *Battery A, 1st New York Light Artillery *Battery B, 1st New York Light ...
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References

* Dyer, Frederick H. ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. ;Attribution * {{CWR Military units and formations established in 1862 Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Infantry 182 1862 establishments in New York (state)